Welcome to the EECS!

I know it's a while since I posted anything but that is changing. I would like to start the club anew, that is to say, I would like to change the direction of the club to what the general members want but with more realistic goals. Also, I would like to have more members participate in the everyday growth of the club.

This Thursday we will be holding a general members meeting at 4:30 in the front lobby of the Bergeron Building. There will be Free Drinks AND FREE PIZZA. Throughout the semester in the club room (102D in the Bergeron Building) will be open for members to come and ask questions as well as give any input on what you want from this club.

From,

President of the Electrical Engineering Club for StudentsOsman Ibrahim

The room for the tutorials has finally been approved and it is LAS 1004A. We will have a small introduction to each course without going into detail. Starting next week there will be will be regular reads, problems, and lessons that we will be going through. I look forward to seeing you all.

From,Osman Ahmed Ibrahim, Electrical Engineering Club for Students’ President

Everyone please read this message carefully!!!Training and access to our club roomo For Members to have access to the mechanical room, they will need the following:(1) WHMIS I or higher training, currently enrolled york student can use this link (https://moodle.yorku.ca/moodle/course/view.php?id=36422) it includes a slide show lecture and a quiz at the end.(2) You will need to email eecslassonde@gmail.com (or eecslassonde@outlook.com) you full name, student number, the number at the back of your student card, and your availabilities, so that you can have faculty training.In addition, the number at the back of your student card refers to the new student cards that have the tap card feature; if you don’t have the new student card you will need to get one for the student card office at the William Small Centre, it is free and you get a new picture on your student card. For those who are not currently enrolled classes, and need the WHMIS I training Please Email Us we will try to arrange some accommodations. Also there will be optional training on the equipment in the room and if you are interested again please email us.

I know this is long over due but here is the info from the general members meeting.

The general members meeting covered the following issues:-Our goals and what we are aboutoOur goal for this club did not change; we are here for students to work on projects, whether they be school project, personal or group projects. The hope is that individuals will gain experience and skill from these projects. -Updates on our club statusoWe are currently located in room 102D in the Bergeron Building; this is a temporary location. We will be moved to the mechanical workshop in the basement of the building soon.-Committees we need peopleoWe are looking for Committee members to help with club activities. There are four Committees: (1) The Public Relations Committee which helps with promoting the club activities and events as well as recruiting members. (2) The Events Committee which helps organizing club events. (3) The library Committee which helps acquire tools and equipment for the club. (4) The Advisory Committee which helps the Executive Council with important decision making and investigates cases of conflict of interest.Please email us if would like a position. Positions will be appointed after an interview process.-Projects, events and workshops (C programming and Analog programming)oThere are currently three official club projects: (1) The router project which is the design of a wireless router. (2) The game project which is the development of a virtual reality game. (3) A simple PID controller. We are encouraging members to either joining one of these projects or start their own. Project meets and info will be handled by project leads. There will be two tutorials one on C programming and one on analog circuits they will start next week, since we’re still looking for a room. We will be putting a doodle poll for both so we can schedule a time that works for the majority. The tutorials are weekly for one hour and material will be post on the site regularly. The C tutorials will be geared towards beginners where as the analog circuits tutorials will be for upper students.This is the Doodle poll for the C tutorial - http://doodle.com/poll/p7ms4snrrgpurzrn (Remember this is a Weekly Tutorial so pick a time that you can come to on a weekly basis)

-Training and access to our club roomoFor Members to have access to the mechanical room, they will need the following: (1) WHMIS I or higher training, currently enrolled york student can use this link (https://moodle.yorku.ca/moodle/course/view.php?id=36422) it includes a slide show lecture and a quiz at the end. (2) You will need to email eecslassonde@gmail.com (or eecslassonde@outlook.com) you full name, student number, the number at the back of your student card, and your availabilities, so that you can have faculty training.In addition, the number at the back of your student card refers to the new student cards that have the tap card feature; if you don’t have the new student card you will need to get one for the student card office at the William Small Centre, it is free and you get a new picture on your student card. For those who are not currently enrolled classes, and need the WHMIS I training Please Email Us we will try to arrange some accommodations. Also there will be optional training on the equipment in the room and if you are interested again please email us.From,

I hope everyone is enjoying the break from school and would like to reassure everyone that the club is progressing well. We have finally been assigned a permanent room and we plan to address all members of the club about the rule of the new club room as well as the training that is required to enter the room in the next upcoming general members meeting. The date of the said meeting has not been decided yet. The meet is being arranged in order for all members to be aware of the direction of the club in regarding the projects, the club room space, the equipment, etc. Anyone wondering on how the current projects will precede is asked to come to the general meet.

Now I am going to talk briefly about the training I mentioned above; the new club room is in the basement of the Bergeron Building within the mechanical workshop. To enter the mechanical workshop you must have WHIMS II training as well as additional training from Lassonde. The WHMIS II training is available online here:

And again, anyone wanting to enter the club room they must finish this training. If anyone has completed the WHMIS II training at York, through ENG2001 as an example then you should be okay. Anyone who has completed WHMIS II or more outside of York and does not want to go through the training must provide me with all related documentation so I may present it to the faculty. Now for the Lassonde based training as well as for faculty rules; I will need everyone to email me, at eecslassonde@outlook.com, their full name and student number. If you fail to do so then I cannot let you enter the club room with the possible exception of providing the information at the meeting, however I cannot grantee that you will be permitted to enter. More about the training will be discussed in the general members meeting.

From,

Osman Ahmed IbrahimPresident of The Electrical Engineering Club for Students

EDIT:This is to clarify the WHMIS II training that all of you need to do is to read the WHMIS I that is near the top of the moodle page and WHMIS II the slides at the both of the moodle page. After reading both take the WHMIS II quiz at the bottom the moodle page.

For anyone who wants to join or is in the project that I have started for building a router; we will be meeting next week on Wednesday at 3:00 in new Lassonde building in the 2nd floor design lab. If you don’t know where that is please let me know.

Remember this a learning experience for all of us.

P.S. I will post a proposal design on the club website soon.

P.S.S. If you want start your own project or want some ideas for project or don’t know how to contribute to the club or a project, then come as well and we can try to fix that.

This event is for all new members learn more about what the EECS does, to meet other club members, and make friends. The meet and greet will be taking place in the new engineering build in the cafeteria on the ground floor. The new building is located behind the William Small building and next to Scott Library. The event will be taking place for three days the 22nd, 23rd, and 25th for 3pm – 6:30pm.

This message is to announce the official establishment of the Electrical Engineering Club for Students or EECS for short. Currently, the club President and Vice President, Osman Ibrahim and Kuanghua Qiao(Owen), respectively. We are also looking for members to fill the following positions in the EECS Executive Council: Secretary, Treasurer, Librarian, Privy Councillor, Public Relations Officer, Webmaster, Foreign Relations Manager and Event Coordinator. These positions will appointed as interim position and will valid for only 6 weeks starting after being appointment expect for Privy Councillor. After the 6 week period any member may challenge the President, Vice President, Public Relations Officer or Event Coordinator for their position, in which an election will be held. Otherwise, all interim positions will be kept the same for the remainder of the year. The descriptions of the available positions are stated in Article 6 of the constitution which is available on the about page. Members may apply to no more than two positions on the Council. There are two Privy Councillor positions available. Privy Councillor may not apply for Public Relations Officer or Event Coordinator. Privy Councillor must be a student in their fourth year at York. All members applying for an Executive position are encouraged to read the club constitution. Interviews for positions will begin Sunday, August 2nd. Please apply as soon as possible by send email to "eecslassonde@outlook.com" with the position(s) and your availability.